Bracket



(No Model;)

' H. P. KOOHSMEIER.

BRACKET.

'No. 381,389. Patented Apr. 17, 1888.

NITED STATES B RAG K ET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 381,389, dated April17, 1888.

Application filed September 12, 1887. Serial No. 249,449. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY I. KOOI-ISMEIER, of Freeport, in the county ofStephenson and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Brackets; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a partof this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of ashelf supported by my improved bracket, showing the bracket in position;and Fig. 2 is a side view of the bracket detached.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both thefigures.

My invention has relation to brackets for supporting shelves and forsimilar purposes, and is formed of wire or metallic rods bent to formmeans for securing the bracket to the wall or other vertical objects,and to form an eye for a screw for securing the shelf or supportedarticle to the bracket, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A denotes the horizontal orsupporting arm of the bracket, which is formed from a piece of wire ormetallic rod, and near the inner end of this arm is a shoulder oroffset, B, terminating in a screw-threaded point, 0, so that the innerend of this rod is secured to the wall or another vertical object byscrewing the point therein. The outer end of this arm is curved to forman eye, D, which terminates in an oblique bracing-arm, E, which in turnterminates in a vertical arm, F, having an aperture, G, at its end. Thescrew-threaded end of the horizontal arm projects through the eye in thevertical arm and bears with its shoulder against the said eye.

It will further be seen that when my bracket is secured to the wall orany other object the shoulder upon the horizontal or supporting armbraces the vertical arm and prevents it from sliding forward upon thesaid horizontal arm, as would be the case when a heavy weight is placedupon the shelf and when the arm is not provided with the shoulder.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the operation and advantages of my improvedbracket will be readily seen without requiring further explanation. Itis simple and strong in construction, is inexpensive in the manufacture,and can be readily secured in position.

Having thus described my invention, Iclaim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States- A bracket consisting of a singlepiece of wire or a metallic rod of suitable thickness bent to form ahorizontal supporting-arm hav ing a shoulder or offset at its rear endterminating in a, screw or other suitable means of attachment, and aneye at its forward end, an oblique bracing-rod extending from said eyeand terminating in a vertical rod having an eye at its end which engageswith the shoulder or offset upon the end of the horizontal arm, wherebythe Vertical arm of the bracket is prevented from yielding and ismaintained in its proper position at right angles to the horizontalsupporting-arm.

In testimony thatI claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY P. KOOHSMEIER. "Witnesses:

W. N. ORoNKRITE, JOHN MORAN.

